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Chuah Guat Eng | |
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| Born | 1 December 1943 Rembau, Negeri Sembilan |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Alma mater | University of Malaya |
| Occupation | Writer |
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| Chinese | 蔡月英 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Cài Yuèyīng |
| Hokkien POJ | Chhòa Goa̍t-eng |
Chuah Guat Eng (蔡月英; born 1 December 1943), is a Malaysian Peranakan Chinese writer.[1] She was Malaysia's first English-language woman novelist.
Chuah was born in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan, and received her early education at the Methodist Girls' School, Klang and Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur.
She read English Literature at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, and German Literature at Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich. She then received a PhD from National University of Malaysia in 2008 for her thesis "From Conflict to Insight: A Zen-based Reading Procedure for the Analysis of Fiction".
Works
[edit]- Echoes of Silence ISBN 9789839132014
- Tales from the Baram River ISBN 9789676111487
- The Old House & Other Stories ISBN 9789834377809
- Days of Change ISBN 9789834377816
References
[edit]- ^ Jane Eldridge Miller (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. Psychology Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-4151-5981-4.
External links
[edit]- Chuah Guat Eng on Blogger
- Time Out KL, October 2009
- Chapter 2 from her Echoes of Silence
- Review of 'Dream Stuff' by Chuah Guat Eng
- How To Create A Fictional World According To Chuah Guat Eng, by Emad El-Din Aysha
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